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Sculpture, Wood on Wood
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Urban Cactus was inspired by my trips to the Southwest United States. Places like Red Rocks, Zion National Park and Joshua Tree. I reside on the east coast, so the Southwest almost seems like a moonscape to me, foreign and so unfamiliar, but at the same time inviting and welcoming. I start with raw select pine (pine without knots) and carve and shape them with woodworking tools. I love making something as rigid as wood feel fluid and flowing. Similar to how a rounded cactus stands in contrast to the rough, sharp and unforgiving desert it resides in. One the piece is shaped, I apply hand made acrylic washes in layers, then I sand them back to reveal the beauty of the wood. Once the wood is varnished and polished, it almost takes on a marble like appearance. The piece is finished with solid walnut and acrylic accents. While the piece is made up of many interlocking pieces like a puzzle, it forms a singular unified piece. The piece is finished with varnish and wired to hang.
2016
Wood on Wood
One-of-a-kind Artwork
12.5 W x 35 H x 2 D in
Not Framed
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Scott Troxel draws on the aesthetics of bygone technology and the forward-looking designs of the Atomic Age and mid-century modernism to make dynamic, retrofuturist wooden sculptures that evoke nostalgia for the past as much as they look to the future. Fascinated by the way pieces of technology, culture, and design reveal their age, Scott aims to make works that cannot be pinned to a specific era. Scott has exhibited his work at numerous fairs and exhibitions across the United States, including The Other Art Fair New York, and his works are held in private collections across the United States, Canada, Europe, and South America. As a purely abstract artist, I explore form, line, color, shape, texture and mass. Since I am usually not relying on a recognizable object in my work, I create through the process itself. I start out with a sketch or design and work through the creative process, hands on. My pieces always take several weeks to finish as I constantly change them, until they just feel right. I really like to give my pieces a feeling of juxtaposition and a balance of opposites, in terms of textures and materials. For example, I will combine a recycled 60 year old cherry table top with a piece of modern manufactured Azek decking. The ideas of young/old, past and future, modern versus outdated, technology, nostalgia and futurism all seem to find a place in my work. I also believe this ties into a distinctly human theme. For example, you can pinpoint a person’s age by the technology they grew up with (Black and white TV, Rotary phone, landlines, etc.).
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